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Yale Students Reinvent the Wheel With Spokeless Bicycle

by Warren Riddle on February 16, 2010 at 05:05 PM

Technology can definitely be a spectator sport, and one of the most entertaining aspects of being a scientific bystander is watching creative minds apply modern and futuristic concepts to classic contraptions. The bicycle has been one of the favorite targets of those ingenious (and mad) scientists, and the creations have ranged from sad and depressing to awesome and inspiring.

Several students from Yale University have become the latest group of bike pioneers, as the team has actually eliminated one of the most recognizable bicycle components: the spoke. (Come on, MIT. Are you really going to let a bunch of Yalies steal your tech headlines?) Those Ivy League kids are pretty brainy, and the bike definitely looks cool, but the students still have a long way to go before their bare wheel can compete with the amazing, self-stabilizing Gyrowheel. [From: Neatorama]

Tags: bike, college, physics, science, spokeless, top, yale

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